Eriksen, Ann C.
Andersen, Johnnie B.
Lindebjerg, Jan
dePont Christensen, René
Hansen, Torben F.
Kjær-Frifeldt, Sanne
Sørensen, Flemming B.
Funding for this research was provided by:
The Research Council of Lillebaelt Hospital (100.000 DKK)
The Beckett Foundation (40.000 DKK)
Dansk Kræftforsknings Fond (127.000 DKK)
Article History
Received: 15 November 2017
Accepted: 5 March 2018
First Online: 20 March 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study was approved by The Regional Committees on Health Research Ethics for Southern Denmark (S-20140119) and the Danish Data Protection Agency (journal number 14/26345). All patients were screened in the Danish Registry of Tissue Utilization before enrolment in the study.
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